What Sugar Maple supports
297
native animals
supported in the US
184
caterpillars
16
hosts
69
food
26
flowers
2
shelter
supported in the US
Caterpillars All
184 native moths and butterflies raised on it, most recorded first.
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Maple Leafcutter Moth
Paraclemensia acerifoliella
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Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth Malacosoma disstria
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Glaucolepis saccharella
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Maple-Basswood Leafroller Moth
Cenopis pettitana
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Lesser Maple Leaf Blotch Miner Moth
Phyllonorycter lucidicostella
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Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth
Malacosoma americana
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American Dagger
Acronicta americana
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Imperial Moth
Eacles imperialis
Hosted animals All
16 native gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it, most recorded first.
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Flat-headed Hardwood Borer
Dicerca divaricata
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Ocellate Gall Midge
Acericecis ocellaris
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Gouty Vein Midge
Dasineura communis
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Margined Systena
Systena marginalis
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Orange-banded Jewel Beetle
Buprestis fasciata
on maples
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Red-headed Ash Borer
Neoclytus acuminatus
on maples
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Banded Ash Borer
Neoclytus caprea
on maples
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Schaum's Longhorn Beetle
Stenocorus schaumii
on maples
Plant eaters All
69 native animals that feed on it, most recorded first.
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Maple Spindle Gall Mite
Vasates aceriscrumena
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Ruffed Grouse
Bonasa umbellus
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American Red Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
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Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
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Aceria modesta
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White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
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Eastern Fox Squirrel
Sciurus niger
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Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Flower visitors All
26 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most recorded first.
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Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
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Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens
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White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
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American Winter Ant
Prenolepis imparis
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Unequal Cellophane Bee
Colletes inaequalis
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
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Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
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Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Sheltered animals All
2 native animals that nest or roost in it, most recorded first.